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Jeff Tweedy of Wilco performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Friday, May 5, 2017, in New Orleans. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP) LARP107
Music

Sasquatch founder's new THING music and arts festival announces deftly curated lineup

The new THING music and arts festival, organized by Sasquatch! founder Adam Zacks, hits Port Townsend's Fort Worden State Park Aug. 24-25.

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Sadie Suskind, 12, slices some tomatoes at her Seattle home. Sadie was a contestant on MasterChef Junior, a cooking competition TV show involving children from the ages of 8–13. Photographed on March 22, 2019. 209692
Television

This Seattle 12-year-old has won Tom Douglas’ respect. Now, she’s out to win ‘MasterChef Junior’

Movies

More than a teen movie, ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ captured a slice of late-1990s life in Seattle before it was gone

Former First Lady Michelle Obama (at left) meets with members of a book club at the Tacoma Public Library Sunday afternoon, March 24, 2019, before her appearance at the Tacoma Dome Sunday evening. 209720
Books

Michelle Obama discusses her book ‘Becoming’ with local book club members before Tacoma Dome talk  VIEW

All styles of art work is on display at the inaugural art exhibit of ARTS at King Street Station, a display of works by some 200 indigenous artists and others showcasing some 280 works. The gallery is on the 3rd floor shared by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture. The show officially opens March 23 and is on view through August 2019. 209631
Arts & Culture

ARTS at King Street Station, and its inaugural exhibit, democratize what an arts space can be  VIEW

Books

The Friend” by Sigrid Nunez

Here’s the award-winning novel Moira’s Book Club will be reading next

Great reads

An interactive guide to best books from the past few years

Movies

In Tribeca Film Festival docs, tragedy seen in first-person

NEW YORK (AP) — Sasha Joseph Neulinger knew that if he was going to work through the traumas of his childhood, he was going to have to watch the home movies.   Growing up, Neulinger's father was an avid videographer whose boxes of tapes took on a more chilling quality after it was uncovered that...

Music & Nightlife

Miguel J. Pimentel, a cast member in “Live by Night,” poses at the premiere of the film “Live by Night” at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) CACP101

KUBE 93's Summer Jam concert returns from three-year hiatus with YG, Miguel and more

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Television

Smollett case could undermine prosecutor’s reform efforts

Chicago's top prosecutor drew heavy criticism after she recused herself from the case against Jussie Smollett and then complained in text messages to a subordinate that her office had overcharged the "Empire" actor. But anyone who has followed Kim Foxx's work recognized in the texts the same reforms she has been implementing for years: Don't...

Theater

Egyptian immigrant Samir (Abhijeet Rane) and his interrogator Ahmed (George Sayah) in Yussef El Guindi’s “Language Rooms,” staged in the old INS building in Seattle. (Jessica Hunt)

This play, set in a U.S.-run interrogation center, takes place in the exact room where the playwright became a U.S. citizen

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Classical Music

Composer Derek Bermel

New experiences shape the music of Seattle Symphony’s composer in residence

Visual Arts

Rev. Staci Imes, Thursday, April 18, 2019 in Seattle, is pastor at Woodland Park Presbyterian Church and has created a “Subversive Saints” exhibit of paintings by parishioners. Depicted here is Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a saint by church member Elizabeth Bryant. 209955

Subversive saints show up in Phinney Ridge, just in time for Easter | Nicole Brodeur  VIEW

Pacific NW Magazine

King County sheriff Matt Starwich destroying confiscated bottles of liquor. (from the book “Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners & Graft in the Queen City by Brad Holden (Arcadia Publishing 2019).”

Liquor flows and blood spills in ‘Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners & Graft in the Queen City’

Dance

Da’von Doane and Ashley Murphy in Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven.

Dance Theatre of Harlem celebrates 50 years with a Seattle tour stop